[CA] Daily News [June 12, 2018]

Around INDIA

# Ministry of Railways introduced two mobile applications “Rail MADAD” and “Menu on Rails” to improve the travelling experience

·       Rail MADAD app will help travelers to register complaints

·       Menu on Rails app will offer facility to order food

 # Indian Meteorological Department will be able (from July 2018) to issue forecast on floods and guidance on the preventive measures to the disaster management agencies with the help of new soil study data named “Flash Flood Guidance System” [presently Central Water Commission gives out flood warnings]

# The Union Home Ministry has sought details from the Tamil Nadu government to “facilitate further” the latter’s request to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

TAMIL NADU

 # From this academic year, students of higher classes no longer have to write two papers each for Language and English in State Board schools. Language and English papers will be of single paper hereafter

# Government introduced a Bill in the Assembly to omit “bamboo” from the definition of a tree in the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882

# Chief Minister Mr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami claimed in the Assembly that though one section of people welcomes the proposal for establishing the Chennai – Salem green corridor another section was being “instigated” by some organizations to protest against the project

 # Government should consider of closing all the bars attached with TASMAC shops: Madras High Court

# Approximately 78 lakh families in the State are likely to be covered under the proposed NHPS (National Health Protection Scheme) of the Ayushman Bharat Programme, being implemented by the Union Government; State Government now implements the health insurance scheme under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS)

STATES SCAN

# Mizoram: Chief Minister, Mr. Lal Thanhawla inaugurated the “Green Mizoram Day 2018” on June 11

# Odisha: Chief Minister, Mr. Naveen Patnaik released a special booklet titled “80 years of Odisha Budget – A Commemorative Volume”; becomes the first state in the country to bring out such a compilation

WORLD

# Singapore: all set for the historic summit in Sentosa Island (on June 12, 2018) between US President, Mr. Donald Trump and North Korean Leader, Mr. Kim Jong – un 

 ·       2 Indian – origin Ministers in Singapore (Mr. Vivian Balakrishnan and Mr. K. Shanmugam) played a key role in facilitating the hassle-free summit

·     ·       Singapore is one of the few countries in the world that have diplomatic relations with both the US and North Korea

ECONOMICS

# S. Ramesh has been appointed as the Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)

SPORTS

 # Canadian Grand Prix 2018: Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) won the title; it is Vettel’s 50th Grand Prix win

 MISC

# ISRO scientists (from Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad) have discovered a planet named EPIC

·       The planet is six times bigger than Earth

·       It revolves around a Sun-like star about 600 light years away

·       Both the planet and the star have been named as EPIC